How can we maintain fitness long-term? There are two parts to this question the first is the easy one: consistency. I want you to look at the picture, What do you see? Look at the fence – each bar has an arrow-head top, and the circle looks complete – well actually there are a few …
Can Nutrients prevent Sprains and Fractures?
You may have seen the video of a competitor of the Lake Placid Ironman 2018 just before crossing the line at 13hours 30mins, to celebrate he takes a small jump in the air, he lands awkwardly and breaks his left ankle. His body had gone through not only the very demanding race, but at least three years …
Balance Excess and Deficiency
Balance is equal amounts – not too much – not too little. Excess and Deficiency are the terms that we use to evaluate where we have those in our lives. listen to this post here Excess is normally an addiction or obsession. Obsession in Chinese five elements is an ‘unbalanced Metal’ characteristic, Metal likes order, …
Inspire Determination
Determination and hard work. IF YOU HAVE BEEN READING MY WEB PAGE AND BLOGS, FACEBOOK POSTS AND eBOOKS WILL KNOW THAT FITNESS AND HEALTH IS A LIFESTYLE THAT TAKES CONSISTENCY. I want to pass on my enthusiasm and inspire improvements in wellbeing, nutrition and activities, but sometimes with more incentive than just me. Today I would like to dedicate this post to …
Winter Running
Winter running can be a pleasure or a very problematic task. I want to outline some of the dos and don’ts at this time of year. Winter training means slippery surfaces, cold winds, dark nights, mornings and very low temperatures. Temperature is the main issue, pathogens enter the body through the pores of the skin, so …
Sweet Food Addiction
Sweet food addictions are the drug of the 21st Century. You may be sick of them after holiday binge or sick because of them due to an overload of sugar in the gut. listen to this post here Too much sugar causes bad gut bacteria to thrive, your immune system to weaken and common complaints such as candida rise after …
Vitamin B12 Warning
Vitamin b12 testing Trained personally tests vitamin b12 supplements Vitamin B12 is an interesting element of nutrition that is talked about a lot. 30% of the population is thought to be deficient in B12. Many diets, such as those based on cheap, highly processed foods, low-quality meats, or strict vegan are low in this vitamin. Why …
Blood Pressure, Cheese, Salt & Sodium
High Blood pressure is the sixth cause of death. listen to this page here Salt (common table salt) or sodium (a mineral that is used by the cells of the body) is one reason blood pressure can be high. What is high blood pressure, the standard 120/80 is the accepted Western limit anything over this needs …
Chosen Hill Glute Training
Glute muscles training will save your life! listen to this page here It is true, individually gluteus maximus are the largest muscles in the body and the ones that are suffering the most from, sitting. Sitting at home, work and in a car is switching them off! As we get older they are being used less and …
Lower Your Blood Pressure
Six week Training and nutrition advice to Lower your Blood Pressure. The number one killer in the West are heart-related issues, the major causes? Overwork, both mentally and physically. Poor and irregular diet, eating high salt content foods Not enough moderate exercise. Lack of adequate rest, 3 plus hours of deep sleep With my six week cycle we …
Unhealthy Vegan
Do you think eating ‘Vegan’ is healthy? It is now more popular than any time in history. Vegan fairs happen in every town or city regularly. products now have ‘Vegan’ friendly labels. Many celebrities and fitness gurus are vegan. There are many reasons not to eat animal products, animal cruelty is one of the big …
DNA Testing for Diet
Is DNA testing for Diet worth the cost? There is no doubt that more information about who you are and how your body functions is a great help when choosing the right combination of diet and exercise. Will knowing what type of genes you have help? My wife decided to test out one of the products that …
Ironman Neil
Ironman UK 2018, interview with Neil Cumming Are we all sitting next to an ‘ironman’? Is the price tag worth it? Can you train to become an Ironman? These are some of the many questions I asked Neil. Today’s interview is with local Gloucester man, that just finished his first Ironman race, a swim just under …
Sports Injury Massage
Pain from a sports injury? Repeating the same movement? Tennis elbow? Swollen ankle or knee? Rotator cuff problem? Pain, swelling and stiffness comes when there is a blockage in the nerves from the lumbar spine to lower limbs or spine and neck. A blockage causes a disorder in the function of the muscles, tendons, joints, …
Loss of Taste and Smell
Losing your sense of taste or smell is something you may never think of – until it happens. I was having lunch with a friend and she told me how an accident many years ago had left her with no sense of smell, and that also means tasted is reduced to only extreme flavours, bitter, sour, sweet and salty. What happens …
Endurance Seminars
Training for long distance or duration? There are a number of things that need to be considered: Such as heart condition, how do we know if there is a small problem and when we put our heart under extreme stress? 2. Mobility testing. The importance of identifying weak areas to prevent chronic injuries. This …
Over Eating at Christmas, What can we Do?
Overdoing the Christmas dinner? It is going to happen, there are work dinners, catching up with friends and family there is always extra food and drink around. So what can we do to minimise the damage of the unwanted KG gift. Sweet tooth Hidden sugar is the big battle nowadays, sugar content has increased in …
Triathlon Swim Coach
Training for your first Triathlon? Got your bike and run sorted but finding it hard with the swim? I have been there. Now available, my clear simple stage instruction: Head & balance The Reach Breathing The Kick Working with you in the pool, I can improve all these areas that will give you the hydrodynamics …
Tuina Caiqiao Massage
Tuina-Caiqiao is part of Traditional Chinese Medicine Many people have heard of Tuina, less know much about Caiqiao. Tuina hand techniques Tuina is one kind therapy based on the Traditional Chinese Medicine, mainly by using the hands to work on neck and lumbar spine, the skin, muscles, tendons, ligaments & joints. There are many hand techniques …
Mountain biking Guide Murcia
Guided Mountain Bike routes in Murcia Looking for a English / Spanish speaking MIAS trained guide that knows all the trails in the Murcia area? Every weekend for the last three years I have been out on the bike, all over the Spanish countryside, from the hills in Istán; Malaga to the Arragones peaks in …